
An interior hallway at French automaker Renault’s Bump fair stand, designed by Paris-based firm DGT Architects. Photo by Takuji Shimmura.
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An interior hallway at French automaker Renault’s Bump fair stand, designed by Paris-based firm DGT Architects. Photo by Takuji Shimmura.
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A spread from the book “Le Corbusier and the Power of Photography” (Thames & Hudson). Photo of book by Tom Hayes.
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